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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(b) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(c) hearing a refridgerator running
(d) in some sort of airship

2. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(b) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise
(c) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(d) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili

3. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?
(a) Clear the table
(b) They push Ransom closer to the edge of the water
(c) Carry the chairs to the hut
(d) Wash up in the water

4. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:
(a) John
(b) George
(c) Harry
(d) Jimbo

5. What is on the other side of the wall?
(a) Darkness and some strange creatures
(b) A herd of cattle
(c) Mountains
(d) Another house with lights on

6. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
(b) That his death is imminent
(c) As if life has completely changed for him
(d) Disoriented and groggy

7. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:
(a) Henry
(b) David
(c) Chris
(d) Devine

8. How does Ransom spend his time during the next few weeks?
(a) Playing cribbage with Devine
(b) Looking at the amazing sights from his skylight and listening to the tinkling of tiny meteors on the hull of the ship
(c) Learning how to run the ship
(d) Exercising with weights

9. When the center of gravity shifts during approach to Malacandra what to the men do?
(a) Grab onto a handhold and stay in one place
(b) Start tumbling uncontrollably
(c) Begin to climb the wall
(d) Begin moving objects around to account for a new floor

10. Why does Ransom think about suicide?
(a) He's very home sick and fears he'll never see earth again
(b) He thinks it would be better than death at the hand of some terrible beast
(c) He figures he could mess up Devine's plan if he was dead
(d) He is depressed

11. What does Ransom do with his watch?
(a) Nothing, he doesn't have a watch
(b) He winds it because it has stopped
(c) He takes it off and puts it in his pocket
(d) He sets the correct time

12. How does most things on the planet appear to Ransom?
(a) Everything he sees is some shade of gray
(b) Everything Ransom can see has a strange, elongated form
(c) The whole landscape appears fat and bloated
(d) Everything appears hazy and out of focused

13. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?
(a) Wondering where they are
(b) Thinking about escape
(c) He is deeply engaged in thought
(d) Trying to find something heavy to hit Weston over the head with

14. When he closely examines the walls how do they appear?
(a) They have small, raised bumps on them
(b) They aren't really there
(c) They are square
(d) They are joined seamlessly with the floor

15. What does Ransom think when the woman tells him about the Rise?
(a) They might be willing to give him a place to stay for the night..
(b) He wonders what two professors are doing out in the country.
(c) He wonders if he has already walked past it.
(d) He thinks that is no place for a boy to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ransom run as he's getting away?

2. What happens when the three men enter the water to join the sorns on the other shore?

3. What is an eldil?

4. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?

5. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:

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